Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06

particular description Of the place, he
mentioned the fact that there was q vase
/ Of flowers growing in the front OF the
! house, which Miss South acknowledged
to be true. Mr. Hill was next
SENT TO VISIT HIS PARENTS IN MAINE.
/ He told who came to the door, went
through the performances Of kissing his
mother, and likewise his father, in q
| shsRe-faced manner, and stated that his
sister had gone off to college. AS the
doctor was acquainted with the family,
| he verif ID Mr.. Hills statements, but was
puzzled to account for the assertion that
the sister had gone 10 college, as she was
very young.
However, DR.. SSocbhsm said he would
ascertain when he reached land how
much truth there was IN the matter. Alter
some further experimenting Mr.. Hill was
awakened from his mesmeric trance by
the doctor swapping his fingers under his
nose, rubbing his eyes upward and e.,
claiming: "rhere now, you're all right"
Mr.. Hill heeved e great sigh and aWak-
ened. He was very anxious to Know
whether he had beer sent on 8 journey.
! but we scattered about the snip and
lodged his questions.
| DR.. Stockham told us he had first dis
covered his power through its operation
on fierce dog, when he had once cowed
completely by Glance, after all other
persons had grown afraid OF
the brute. He had tried his in
faence several times on Mr.. Rnl,
and WAS astonished at its effect. He tolG
the young officer that he wanted him to
kill certain old gentleman whom he de-
scribed. GAN right" said Hill. "You
must shoot him with my revolver" said
the physician. Half en- hour afterward
Hill came walking into the Doctors
cabin, went to drawer, picked up the
revolver-whicb, however, had previously
been emptied of It's cartridges-and,
when the intended victim entered,
shouted, "That's the man" and tried to
fire. He was in state of somnsmbu-
lism The Doctor told me ne had
once sent Mr.. Hill to inquire Whist de-
cision Judge Stockham, his brother, had
come to with reference to the glass OF
new house in Phila 1elphia, which the
two brothers had been building. The
matter had been left with the Judge,
while the Doctor crossed the Atlantic.
They had spoken of ground glass and
sralned glass, hut Mr.. Hill informed the
| Doctor while at sea that the Judge had
cathedra! glass. Stockhsm declared Hill
had given him true information, IS he
! learned when he reached the home in
| Philadelphia.
THAT THERE WAS NO HUMBUGGERY
about Mr.. Hill, not only /, but all the
physicians aboard the ship were thor
! oughly convinced. The young officer was
| placed in a state OF coma, as 10 Ms arm,
and we pinched it, and stuck it with pins
| without causing the slightest qUiver
! Mr.. HIPS hands were placed together
| over his head, snd he was told he could
not separate them, and he was unable to
do SO. 4 lead pencil was laid in the
| palm of his hand, and he was informed
| thst it was hot bar OF iron. Under this
| impression he squirned End gave every
| evidence of suffering.
! But DR.. Stockham's power to mesmer-
! Use extended to another sub ect-s boy OF
| sixteen who was suff3riag from the ef-
lects Of scarlet fever and was very ner-
! VOus. This Rex, SIS we called him, was
so sensitive that after being subj tcted to
| the mysterious influences once OF twice
| he could not resist 1t once the Chermer
got his eve on him. The doctor c4ught
| the bows eye at the table, fifty feet away,
one evening, and Rex dropped fork and
fell back dead asleep, and nothing could
awake him save shake OF the mesmar-
User. Rex was sent on journeys, too, but
! be did not prove very successful rray-
eler.
EXPERIMENTS WERE MADE IN HYPEOTISM
oy DR.. Mills and DR.. Stockham in the
main saloon, under the electric light, and
in the presence of forty Of the passengers
and the Ddtchman and Mrs. Billiard aud
two others were made to do almost any
desired thing while blindfolded aud oper-
atsd on by the will of the two doctors.
Mrs. Billiard left the cabin, YVES blind
folded, and was led by her brother-to
whom had whispered W at wished him
to make her dO-Gutil she picked up my
hat from the piano, sought NE out from
al the others and placed it exactly on
nv head. The Dutchmsn took wine
bottle from rack, carried ii dozen
yards and filed s. glass on an opposite ia
Die, without word being spoken. Rex
was made to run his nose hard against g
| lead-pencil point and was unable to re-
sist.
Now aII these phenomena were very in
terasting, and were discussed lesrnedly
by the scientists sbosrd. There was no
explsnstion accepted as finale, but the
celebrated Dr.. Carpenters theory-the
London Psychologist, mean-seemed to
satisfy some minds. Carpenter says the
dominant idea takes possession OF certain
minds sud becomes reality to them, and
the expectancy of such and such e state
actually produces 1t.
THERE WAS ONE FACT
that brings the matter wholly within
scientific explanation: [ noticed that
when Rex was in his trance, or comatose
state, or whatever you may CAL it, the
pupil and iris of his eyes were ineen-
sible to light, even to the strong
electric light, and neither expanded
nor contracted with the diminution or in
crosse of the glare. He was probably in
what DR.. Carpenter cslls E biologized
condition, III which all save one OF the
senses are awake. When this state is
one of movement-if l may use such
built may properly be designated hys-
7teric coma, ana close observation will
disclose many ouch conditions in certain
nervous temperapents. The doctor
would explain the vision Of spirituslists
on the theory Of expectancy and the dom
inant idea, and also the hallucinations Of
! the insane.